The Visual Effects Society has announced the winners of the 8th Annual VES Awards. The annual event recognizes outstanding visual effects in more than twenty categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games.

Avatar was the evening’s big winner taking home six awards including Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture -- plus the VES Lifetime Achievement Award for director James Cameron. The animated feature film Up was honoured with three awards including Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture.